Month: June 2024

U.S. President Biden announced on May 31, that as a result of his great personal efforts and those of his diplomatic and intelligence team, a grand “roadmap to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages” has been pulled together, which if Hamas accepts, will eventually lead to peace. An unnamed “senior administration official” then gave a background briefing […]

Polls of U.S. voters continue to show profound unhappiness with candidates in both parties approaching the 2024 presidential election. Both President Biden and former President Trump, the major candidates, have unfavorability ratings approaching 60%, while the approval rating of Congress has crashed to 15%. The physical economy continues to decay, and polarization around social issues and “identity politics” has left […]

On June 2, China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft landed on the Moon’s far side for a second time, and was able, for the first time, to collect rock samples from the oldest lunar basin to bring back to Earth (cf. SAS 19/24). After successfully touching down in the northeastern part of the South Pole-Aitken basin, which was created more than four billion […]

The World on the Brink: For a New Peace of Westphalia June 15-16 starting at 2 pm CET. The signs point to a storm! The collective West’s attempt to assert the global dominance of the neoliberal system after the end of the Cold War has been a resounding failure. The majority of nations were by no means prepared to accept […]